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Beta Vulgaris, February 2025
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Beta Vulgaris
Margie Sarsfield

A Novel

W.W. Norton & Company
February 2025
On Sale: February 11, 2025
Featuring: Elise; Tom
296 pages
ISBN: 1324078731
EAN: 9781324078739
Kindle: B0D8R8Z4WQ
Hardcover / e-Book
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Small Town | Horror

One of Literary Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2025
One of The Millions' Most Anticipated Books of Winter 2025

A young woman’s seasonal job working a sugar beet harvest takes a surreal turn in this surprising and vivid debut.

Elise and her boyfriend, Tom, set off for Minnesota, hoping the paycheck from the sugar beet harvest will cover the rent on their Brooklyn apartment. Amidst the grueling work and familiar anxieties about her finances, Elise starts noticing strange things: threatening phone calls, a mysterious rash, and snatches of an ominous voice coming from the beet pile.

When Tom and other coworkers begin to vanish, Elise is left alone to confront the weight of her past, the horrors of her uncertain future, and the menacing but enticing siren song of the beets. Biting, eerie, and confidently told, Beta Vulgaris harnesses a distinct voice and audacious premise to undermine straightforward narratives of class, trauma, consumption, and redemption.

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